What Jeremiah Program Means for Kids
As we support kids’ development year-round, we asked JP moms and alumni what JP means for their children. Here’s what they had to say.
At Jeremiah Program, we know that supporting single mothers means supporting their children. That’s why we’re proud to join the whole family’s journey by partnering with moms on their educational and career-planning journeys and the development and well-being of their children. We’re backing families two generations at a time.
We prioritize academic and socioemotional support for JP kids. Whether it’s high-quality early childhood education, summer enrichment, or afterschool tutoring, we nurture our kids year-round.
As we do this ongoing work with kids, we asked JP moms and alumni their perspectives on what JP means for their children. Here’s what they had to say.
JP Means Community
Being a single mom can feel incredibly isolating. The JP sisterhood is a supportive and restorative community that allows moms to engage with other women experiencing the same challenges.
But that community also extends to JP kids. They grow up together and learn together. They become family.
“I think JP has really provided a community, not just for me but for my daughter,” said a mom from St. Paul. “It’s allowed her to make a lot of friends, and especially coming out of the pandemic era, it allowed her to really blossom into the social butterfly that she is and just for her to see so many other people in our situation.”
Other moms also spoke to the two-generation aspect of the JP community. “Jeremiah Program has really been that village for me and my daughter in every sense of the word,” said another St. Paul mom. “You have other participants you can reach out to, people who have lived the life that you’re living.”
A mom in Brooklyn said, “JP means freedom. It means community. It means being able to be silly and have fun with the other children and growing with the other moms.”
The spaces we create at JP allow a family to dream and build — and to form new families within JP, some that have lasted well beyond their time with us.
“We’re investing in our kids whether they know it or not. They don’t know, but we are literally showing up investing, and I feel like they’re going to appreciate it once they’re older.” —JP Austin Mom
JP Means Opportunity
For several moms we spoke with, opportunity was the key idea. “What JP means for my kids is that I can give them a better mom,” a Las Vegas mom shared, “a better version of who I thought I would be as a mother. What I think it means for my kids is opportunity and expansion.”
Two other moms spoke in more detail about how their children’s experiences at JP might affect their trajectory. “JP means to my child opportunity. It means change. It means difference,” one said. “It means, honestly, kind of just putting your best foot forward and also not accepting no.”
The other mom took that even further: “It means generational wealth. It means that they have a chance to be great and to not just only have the cards that’s dealt to them but more opportunities to grow.”
So much of our programming for kids is education-oriented, but we’re looking beyond kindergarten prep and even beyond their school years. We’re supporting their development for life.
JP Means a Future
JP’s work is indeed about families being able to create the lives they want. What we love about JP moms is that they are some of the most determined people on the planet — determined to create a powerful future for themselves, their children, and their children’s children and on down the line. We’re just here to help, and we’re so proud that hundreds of moms around the country have partnered with us on their paths to creating better futures for their families.
In that spirit, one of our Austin moms sees her choice to join JP as a contribution that will yield great results for her children as they grow. “We’re investing in our kids whether they know it or not,” she said. “They don’t know, but we are literally showing up investing, and I feel like they’re going to appreciate it once they’re older.”
Another mom made a connection between her ability to invest in herself and the resultant benefits for her children: “It means that they can have a future because now I am able to go back to school, and I am able to give them what they need and to be able to get a better job and help with my career. … JP means that they have a chance because I have a chance.”
Every family deserves a chance. In 2025, we are increasing the number of families we serve across the nation and advocating for measures that support all families on the financial margins.
The next generation deserves nothing less.